Creating tradition with a glaze of modernity

"The grown-ups would cheer and laugh once the kiln furnace was opened and arrays of celadon products jumped into the eye."

At dinner time, Ye's grandmother would serve steaming food on the celadon wares.

"Now I think of it, the green color really set off the food, stimulating one's appetite," Ye says.

After he looked at celadon through the eye of a design student, Ye discerned the potential of celadon innovation.

In his opinion, the overall celadon industry has been strictly sticking to tradition and there's big room for modern design and innovation that would help popularize the ancient art among younger consumers.